by Cameron Shaw | Feb 17, 2018
What is a blended family? A ‘blended’ family can take many different forms. Typically it might be where a testator (the will maker) has children to a first marriage or partnership, that relationship ends, and he or she enters into a relationship...
by Cameron Shaw | Feb 16, 2018
Airbnb is becoming increasingly popular as a cheap accommodation option. Lot owners are understandably keen on renting out their unit short term to gain high returns. However, if an Owners Corporation prohibits the use of Airbnb short term letting through a by-law, is...
by Cameron Shaw | Feb 12, 2018
When selling your home or investment property vendors normally engage two primary professionals: a real estate agent, and a solicitor (or conveyancer). Normally, if a vendor doesn’t have a regular solicitor, most vendors approach a real estate agent first. It is...
by Cameron Shaw | Feb 2, 2018
Under these circumstances, the position of administrator becomes vacant. The rule that the “executor’s executor” assumes the administration of the deceased executor’s estate (which is set out in Section 13 of the Imperial Acts Application Act 1969 (NSW)) DOES NOT...
by Cameron Shaw | Feb 2, 2018
To make a claim on an estate (a claim for “provision”) a person must first an “eligible person”. The definition of eligible persons set out in Succession Act 2006 (NSW), s 57, includes (perhaps obviously): the spouse of the deceased at the...
